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Table 5 Predictors of death in 116 patients with severe acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring admission to the intensive care unit: stepwise multivariate logistic regression analysis

From: Clinical presentation and predictors of outcome in patients with severe acute exacerbation of chronic obstructive pulmonary disease requiring admission to intensive care unit

Variable

Odds ratio

95% Confidence intervals

p-value

Need for invasive ventilation

45.809

607.46 to 3.009

p < 0.001

Presence of co-morbid illness

0.126

0.428 to 0.037

p < 0.01

Hypercapnia

0.114

1.324 to 0.010

p < 0.05

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BMC Pulmonary Medicine

ISSN: 1471-2466

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